Bonnet House VIII

 

This is when you know you are definitely no longer in Virginia. :-)

Bonnet House VII

 

From what I read and heard, the owners of Bonnet House imported a troop of monkeys to share their tropical paradise. Sadly, only one remains. Though one can only imagine what Fort Lauderdale would be like if that original colony had survived and grown. A barrel of laughs? :-)

Bonnet House VI

 

Doorway leading from the Bonnet House's dining room to the kitchen and pantry.

Bonnet House V

Vintage Marcel Guillot French hand-painted scallop seashell plates.

Bonnet House IV

 

Bonnet House boasts five different ecosystems within the property: primary and secondary dunes, mangrove wetlands, a fresh water slough (below) and a maritime forest.

Bonnet House III

 

Painted Ceilings

Bonnet House II

 

Evelyn Fortune Bartlett
Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge, 1933

Oil on Canvas

A portrait of the artist's friend Catherine Eddy Beveridge. She was the best friend of all three of Frederic Clay Bartlett's wives and Helen Birch Bartlett's cousin. The house which once stood on the south west corner of the Bonnet House property was built by her.